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TIL that Major League Baseball Player Moe Berg was recruited by American Intelligence to assassinate Werner Von Heisenberg during WWII

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eov4 TIL of Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez. He had 37 wounds from bullets, bayonets, and shrapnel. Thought to be dead, he spit in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.
e0gDb TIL the federal government setup sting operations in 1985 to catch individuals buying child pornography. In one instance, they offered a farmer a magazine 3 times and reluctantly accepted the third time. He was later found innocent as the arrest was considered entrapment.
jNmWn TIL that in firing squads, one or more soldiers are given a magazine loaded with blanks so that each soldier can believe that they did not fire the fatal shot. For this reason, it is sometimes named the "conscience round"
Y7jnr TIL The Wire Fox Terrier has won the most Best in Show awards at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, with 15 wins. The Scottish Terrier and English Springer Spaniel come in 2nd and 3rd place respectively
WkydY TIL there are 5 times more former vegetarians/vegans than current ones.